Awning fixture



Dec. 1, 1931. A. H. LOF 1,834,719

AWNING FIXTURE I Filed Aug. 4. 1930 w 1' J @lllII-Illm Patented Dec. 1,1931 $TATES AUGUST n. LOF, F BROOKLYN, new Year:

Awmive FIXTURE Application filed'August 4, 1930. Serial No. 472,790.

This invention relates to improvements in awning fixtures, the principalobject of the invention being to provide an improved de vice of thischaracter by means of which the 1 awning. rods are automatically lockedin position and which fixture is extremely simple inconstruction andefficient in operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds. D In the drawings accompanying this specincation,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an awning supported in openposition in front of a window by means of the improved fixtures;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the upper fixture illustrating the manner inwhich it engages and locks the awning rod, the latter being shown brokenaway;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fixture and portion of the rod shownin Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a front view of the lower awning fixture, the rod-receivingsocket being turned upward in order to show the parts more clearly;

Fig. 5 is also a front view of the lower fixture with the rod-attachingsocket removed therefrom and showing the locking lug in its releasingposition;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the lower fixture with its locking luginlocking position; and

Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on the line VTIVII of Fig. 6.

The same characters of reference designate the same parts in thedifi'erent figures of the drawings.

Referring to thedrawings and especially to Figs. 1 to 3, the upperfixture comprises a base plate 1 provided with perforations 2 and 3 forthe reception of screws by which it may be secured to a window frame asshown in Fig. 1. Secured to the base plate and proj ecting at rightangles therefrom is a mem-. her 4, the outer portion of which is curvedover to conform to the curvature of a rod 5 such as is commonly used forsupporting awnings. The member 4 is cut away at its central portion toform a rectangular opening for the reception of a slidable lockingmember which will now be described. The locking member comprises a baseportion 6 in contact with and slidable on the base plate 1 through therectangular opening in the member 4. At its upper end the said baseportion 6 is bent at right angles to form a side wall '7, which in turnis bent at an acute angle to form a wall 8 inclined toward the portion6, said wall 7 being bent at an obtuse angle to form a side wall 9parallel with the wall 7, the walls 6, 7, 8 and 9 thus forming abox-shaped member 0 disposed within the rectangular opening of themember 4, one wall of which box-shaped member is inclinedto its base.The width of said box-shaped member is slightly less than the length ofthe opening thereby to permit easy movement of the member upward in saidopening. The walls 7 and 9 are provided with ears 7 and 9 respectivelyextending beyond the opposite ends of the opening in the member 4;, sothat after the parts of the fixture have been assembled they cannot beseparated. As will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the box-shaped membercovers only the upper half of the base portion 6. Consequently forpermitting the insertion of an awning rod 5 into the fixture, the plate6 is pushed upward as far as it will go, that is, until the ears 9contact with the member 4c. The unboxed portion of the plate 6 will thenbe opposite the curved portion of the member a so that there is plentyof room for the rod to be inserted. After insertion the rod is held inplace within the curved portion of the member 1 and the plate 6 allowedto drop or is pulled downward through the opening in said member 4 tothepositionshown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which position the inclined wall 8actsas a wedge to clamp the rod within the curved portion of member 1and securely hold it therein until released by manually forcing theplate 6 upward. The plate 6 is'cut out at its lower end, centrallythereof and bent into the form of curved ears 10, which may be used assuspension points for the usual pulleys through which the awning cordspass. The lower fixture shown in Figs. 4 to 7 comprises base portions 11merging into a pair of outstanding ears 12 and 13 spaced apart from eachother, said base portions having screw-receiving openings 11*. Se-

cured in the ear 12 is a stud 14 extending toward the ear 13, the lengthof the stud being such as to reach about half-way between the ears 12and 13. Mounted for sliding movement on the ear 13 is a locking lug 15,said lug being guided in its sliding movements by a strap -15 mounted ina groove formed in the outer side of the car 13, said strap being infact integral part of the lug butsepa rated therefrom except at its endsby a slot of sufficient width to receive the interposed portion of theear 13 and permit easy slid- I ing of the lug thereon. The lug 15 isprovided in its lower portion with a circular depression 16 whereby,when the lug is pushed upward on the ear 13, a space is formed betweenthe end of the stud 14 and the lug 15, the widthof said space being atleast equal to the length of the stud.

In operation, the fixture is secured by its base to the lower portion ofa window frame as indicated in Fig. 1. VJ hen the awning is to be putup, the lug 15 is pushed upward on the car 13 to the position shown'inFig. 5, thus forming sufficient space between the end of the stud 14 andthe lug to receive the flat perforated ear 1'? formed on the end of thesockets 18 which are usually screwed on the ends of the rod forming theawning frame. As soon as the ear 1'? has been pushed in until itsopening or eye is in 'alinement with the stud 14 the car 17 is given aslight lateral push, whereupon the stud 14 will enter the said openingthereby pivotally supporting the awning frame, as shown in Fig. 4. Thelug 15 is then permitted to slide downward, thereby bringing the thickerportion of the lug into such position as to fill the space between theend of the stud and the car 13, as also shown in Fig. 4. lVith the lugin this position it will be obvious that the awning frame cannot beremoved from the fixture.

From the foregoing it will be noted that each fixture comprises twoinseparable members slid-able relatively to each other, one of saidmembers serving in one position to retain the awning rod in position andin the other position to release said rod so that it can be removed fromthe fixture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V

1. An awning fixture, bracket, means carried by said bracket forsupporting an awning rod, and a member slidable between saidrod-supporting means and a portion of said bracket thereby to pre- Ventseparation of the awning rod from its supporting means.

2. An awning fixture, comprising a pair of members inseparably connectedtogether, one of said members carrying means for supporting an awningrod, and the other of said members being slidable l'ietween saidsupporting means and its carrying member and adapted to exert a wedg'ingeffect on said rod.

comprising 21" 3. An awning fixture, comprising a bracket,rod-supporting means carried by said bracket and. spaced therefrom topermit free insertion of an awning rod in said supporting means and amember mounted for sliding movement between said bracket and therod-supporting means thereby to lock the rod in position. I

. 4. An. awning fixture, comprising a bracket, rod-supporting meanscarried by said bracket and spaced therefrom to permit ree insertion ofan awning rod in said supporting means and a member mounted for slidingmovement between said bracket and the rod-supporting means thereby tolock the rod in position, said slidable member and bracket beinginseparably connected together.

5. An awning fixture, comprising a bracket, rod-supporting means carriedby said bracket and spaced therefrom to permit free insertion of anawning rod in said supporting means, and a member'inseparably connectedwith said. "racket and mounted for sliding movement between the bracketand the rod-supporting means, said member being of wedged formation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification;

AUGUST H. LOF.

